Afaemme News

The UfM has always put gender equality and women’s empowerment at the heart of its agenda. This agenda was notably endorsed by the 4th Ministerial Cairo Declaration on Strengthening the Role of Women in Society, 2017, which identified four priority areas, one of which is “strengthening women’s access to leadership and decision-making positions”. Our region is weakened by the exclusion of women’s talent and knowledge. In order to achieve the SDGs in 2030, a transformative gender agenda that places women at the same level with men is needed.

Date

March 23, 2021

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Beatriz Fernández-Tubau, Secretaria General de AFAEMME participó el pasado 3 de Marzo en la Jornada de Igualdad organizado por la Policia Nacional en Madrid con el tema "COVID-19 los retos y análisis de su impacto en la Igualdad de Género". De las conclusiones de la Jornada se proyectaron ideas que ayudarán a superar las barreras de género en los temas de Igualdad.

Date

March 16, 2021

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On February 28th, BUSINESSMED Secretary General, Jihen Boutiba and AFAEMME's President, Maria Helena de Felipe signed a MoU to promote & support Euro-Mediterranean social & economic development, both parties expressed enlarge synergies between both to strengthen their cooperation & thus regional bilateral & multilateral cooperation". Our agreement to BusinessMed President, Barbara Beltrame!

Date

March 12, 2021

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The President of AFAMME, Mª Helena de Felipe, was elected Spokesperson of the Group of SMEs, Crafts and Family Businesses, of the European Economic and Social Committee (CESE ). With this appointment the representativeness of Spanish SMEs in Europe is reinforced to participation in European decision-making bodies, to defend the interests and needs of SMEs.

Date

February 18, 2021

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Union for the Mediterranean has organized last Friday, 5 March 2021, 11:00-13:00 CET the UfM International Women’s Day, webinar where they have been discussed the importance of bridging the leadership gap and empower women to attain gender equal decision-making. Afaemme's President Maria Helena de Felipe, participated in this webinar.

Date

February 2, 2021

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SheTrades MENA is a regional initiative by Dubai Exports in collaboration with the International Trade Center (ITC), an agency of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United Nations Committee on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The aim of the initiative is to assist women owned businesses to start and grow their business through trade. The ultimate aim of SheTrades is to connect 3 million women to global markets by the end of 2021.

Date

January 18, 2021

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The XII Mediterranean Women Entrepreneurs Forum, was held friday November 20th. This year because of the Pandemic, was a virtual meeting broadcasted from Casa Llotja de Mar. Organized by Afaemme, Ascame, Barcelona Chamber of Commerce, Iemed, Union for the Mediterranean and Consorci from Barcelona. In this edition Women have been in the front line during COVID-19 in different positions, affected and greatly burdened by the lack of decision-making structures.

Date

November 20, 2020

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"Foment de la producció", la revista de Fepime Catalunya, anuncia en su última newsletter, la próxima edición del "XII Foro de mujeres empresarias y emprendedoras del Mediterráneo" que tendrá lugar el 20 de Noviembre, de manera virtual, de 9:30 a 11.30 h de la mañana, con el tema el "Impacto de las mujeres emprendedoras de la pandemia en las empresas mediterráneas".

Date

November 5, 2020

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